July 08th, 2024

There's Joy (on the left) and me (on the right) with cameras so you know what that means. Photo Safari Report! Yayayayayay!  It's been about a month since I've felt up to it but Myakka being a part driving/part hiking sort of place, it was an excellent choice for the first hike post surgery.  With that in mind, I'll call this the "It's Good To Be Back Hike"  coz it was, indeed, good to be back out there.

Let's see what we found:  

Deer!  I just adore them and was delighted to see so many of them.  No bucks, just does and fawns.  Look at those sweet faces!

Alligators!  This is Florida after all, and Myakka seems to harbour more than it's fair share of them. I wouldn't go swimming in the Myakka River but they make great photos from a safe distance.  Saw one woman cooing at them while taking pictures and she said to the alligator, "Do you want to be my friend?"  I said, kindly but firmly,  "No, he absolutely does Not want to be your friend. They are not friendly".  I don't know if she was serious or not, but just in case.......

Birds!  Not nearly the usual variety or number, but birds nonetheless.   I will try to keep it to a minimum;

As always, there are some botanicals, one of my favourite categories:

There was a plethora of Dragonflies!  I mean, clouds of them!  It was kind of awesome.  And they were remarkably cooperative about having their pictures taken.  Here are a few photos:

I'll finish up with a couple of randos, a little of this and a little of that:

I was so exhausted when we got back that I immediately just laid down, fell deeply asleep and that was pretty much it for the day.  Still, it was absolutely worth it!  Hope you enjoyed the "It's Good To Be Back Hike" even half as much as we did.

It'll probably be a couple of weeks before I get out there again, but once I do, expect more (and hopefully better) pictures then!